Religions & Faiths
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Prison Sentence Issued for Bahai Couple
Flora Samdani and her husband Ahmad Jafari Naimi, two Bahai citizens residing in Yazd, have been sentenced to a combined…
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“Farrough Ramm,” Protesting Bahai Citizen, Sent to Prison to Serve Sentence
The Islamic Republic has once again imprisoned a Bahai citizen; a 29-year-old woman who has been sentenced to one year…
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Five-Year Prison Sentences for Two Bahai Citizens; Continued Persecution of Religious Minorities in Iran
“Iraj Shokur” and “Pedram Abher,” two Bahai citizens residing in Tehran, were arrested after being summoned to the Tehran Security…
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Five-Year Prison Sentence for Two Baha’i Citizens; Continued Persecution of Religious Minorities in Iran
“Iraj Shekoor” and “Pedram Abher,” two Baha’i citizens residing in Tehran, were arrested after being summoned to Tehran’s security prosecutor’s…
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Five More Baha’is Imprisoned in Iran; When Religious Belief Becomes a “Security Charge”
In continuation of the Islamic Republic’s judicial pressures on religious minorities in Iran, five Baha’i citizens residing in Karaj were…
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Five More Bahaʼis Imprisoned in Iran; When Religious Belief Becomes a “Security Charge”
Continuing the Islamic Republic’s judicial pressure on religious minorities in Iran, five Bahaʼi citizens residing in Karaj were detained after…
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Buildings Can Be Restored, But Reviving a Diaspora Community Is Far More Difficult
The historic Hovhannes Church in Maragheh was restored after years of renovation and reconstruction at a cost exceeding 100 billion…
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Buildings Can Be Restored, But Reviving a Migrated Community Is Far More Difficult
Maragheh’s historic Hovhannes Church was restored after years of renovation and with expenditure exceeding 100 billion rials, yet behind the…
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